ReadWriteWeb:
We live in an age when success of innovation is mixed with unprecedented failures. On one hand we’re reinventing the web, fighting for a greener future and building genomix. On the other there are housing bubbles, credit crises and war.
The technology patent crisis is important to our future. For decades the patent law served its […]

Entrepreneur.com:
The web has revolutionized nearly every aspect of human endeavor. The cliché goes that you can do everything from diagnosing medical aliments to investigating your genealogy while sitting at home in your underwear. This is equally true for entrepreneurs, who can perform virtually all of their business activities online.
Using the web can save considerable time […]

Wall Street Journal:
Thomas Edison once said, “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” He might have added a third ingredient: a patent. Without one, inventors can’t sell, license or protect their creations. Edison understood that very well: He held 1,093 patents, still a record for an American.
For many small businesses, […]

Patently-O:
Patents on computer programs, financial processes and business methods have been controversial at least since the 1960s. Surveys regularly find that computer programmers are opposed to patents on software by a wide margin. In what other field is the class of inventors so opposed to patents?
Is there a problem?
Some people contend that there is […]

Black Enterprise:
Even in a down economy, New Jersey companies continue to generate new patent applications, keeping attorneys specializing in intellectual property rights busy.
Ranked fifth in the nation in patent infringement litigation, the New Jersey docket reflects the state’s history of innovation. Even as the telecom companies shrank and pharmaceutical growth has slowed, the rise […]

Akron Beacon Journal:
If you have an invention or idea, it is essential that you protect it or run the risk of losing your rights and any future rewards. Here is what you need to do:
First, start a diary/journal in a bound notebook. Include the date of the invention (when the idea was initially conceived) and […]

Lawfuel:
Registering a trade mark for the name of your food service business has become more important than ever before.
The media has covered several disputes recently over the trading names for restaurants, cafés and bars.
One story involves the owners of a hotel and wine bar down in Otago trading under the name JAFA’S. The owners […]

Hamilton Advertiser news:
A 5-year-old boy has followed in the footsteps of his cartoon inventor heroes by patenting his idea for a new double-headed broom.
Wallace and Gromit fan Sam Houghton is believed to be the youngest person in the UK to register a patent, having had his lightbulb moment at the age of just 3.
He was […]

Tech Social:
* Tue. Apr 8th, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Technology Entrepreneur Center, University of Illinois - Illini Center, 4th Floor
Address: 200 South Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606
Fee: $ 12 in advance, $ 15 at the door
Register online or call Stephanie at 217-244-3124
Please join the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigns Technology Entrepreneur Center for an Illini-TEC […]

Branding Strategy Insider:
While organizations don’t often pursue this protection, logos are typically protectable by copyright law. Make sure your organization, and not an outside person or agency, owns the copyright to your brand’s logo.
Advertising/marketing agencies will often include an assignment of rights, titles and interests (including copyright interests) to their clients in their letters of […]

There are other ways to keep copycats from stealing your vendors’ products.

CNNMoney:
Question: My store sells a line of goods such as potholders and tote bags made by a local artisan from ethnic cloth she buys. They’re popular, but the artisan is a hobbyist with no desire to patent or copyright them. I plan to start […]

PR Web:
A Cleveland Ohio inventor upset over the increase in his utility bills, develops a self-closing water and energy saving shower head that could save millions of gallons of water daily for major drought hit areas.
Record breaking droughts have devastated fresh water supplies across the Midwest and Southeastern States. City officials are calling on […]

New York Times:
The nation’s current patent system is a drain on entrepreneurship and small-business growth, a new study claims.
Amid the increasing complexity of patent legislation, most patents today fail to meet set standards, according to the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, a Washington-based small-business advocacy group.
Raymond Keating, the group’s chief economist, said the patent system […]

FORTUNE Small Business:
Question:
How does one with limited funds go about moving an idea into the mainstream without risking it being stolen by a large entity with staff counsel and other lawyers capable of litigating the matter ad infinitum? - Paul in Harrisburg,Pa.
Answer:
According to Stephen Gass, president of SawStop LLC and inventor of its flagship product, […]

IBLS Internet Law:
E-commerce patents are the latest protection for innovative business methods delivered online. Many claim e-commerce models are not patentable because the subject matter they assert is not within the statutory definitions and because the United States Patent office, and most patent offices around the world, are not outfitted for this analysis. Yet, […]

Florida Today:
Angel Pacheco Sr. has a passion for helping inventors get their ideas off the ground.
A resident of West Melbourne, Pacheco is an inventor, as well as founder and president of the Space Coast Inventors Guild, which meets year-round on the fourth Saturday of each month at the Eau Gallie Public Library.
Pacheco teaches inventors how […]

Signal:
You wouldn’t open your office for business and then go home without locking up, right? That’s essentially what you’re doing if you don’t secure your business ideas by taking the steps to protect your trademarks, trade secrets and product design and packaging.
Entrepreneurs should start thinking about protecting their intellectual property earlier than most. Small businesses […]

Science Business:
Patents may be at the root of scientific and technological advances and national prosperity, but it’s been tough to actually put a price tag on their value.
But 2 former Microsoft Corp. managers are trying to do just that. Edward Jung and Nathan Myhrvold started Intellectual Ventures, which they call an ‘invention capital’ company, in […]

abc7.com:
Thousands of inventions are patented every year, but only a very small percentage of them ever make it to the marketplace. So how do you get your idea sold? Several inventors share their secrets about what it takes to make your invention a success - and without getting taken along the way.
An invention takes inspiration, […]

Eddie Powell explains the differences between the various types of IP protection and comments on recent court decisions which impact on the extent to which software developers can get patent protection from their products.

Principia:
Believe it or not the subject of patents for computer software is a very hot topic at the moment. In October 2006 […]